FOURTH DAY

I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART KEEPS VIGIL

 I was sleeping, but my heart kept vigil; I heard my lover knocking:

"Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one!" (Song of Songs 5:2)

When we seek to love God and live in his presence, there awakens in us a conscience that is always alert: it is the heart that keeps vigil, the soul that continues to desire it. 

On this fourth day, I will let the Lord knock on the door of my heart and call me. 

I will remain vigilant. I will listen. I will attend. 

I let him in, I receive his love, I rest in his presence, I am pacified. 

The Lord has come because I have waited for him. He remains in me and I in him.